Indlovukazi uRanavalona III, owazalwa ngoRazafindrahety ngoNovemba 22, 1861 futhi washona ekudingisweni ngoMeyi 23, 1917, uyindlovukazi yokugcina yaseMadagascar “Wabusa kusukela ngoJulayi 30, 1883 kwaze kwaba nguFebhuwari 28, 1897, isikhathi esaphawulwa yimizamo eqhubekayo futhi ekugcineni engenamsebenzi. ukumelana nemiklamo yamakoloni kahulumeni waseFrance ”

Isithombe sikaQueen sathathwa ngo-1907 URanavalona III: ebusheni bakhe, wakhethwa ukuba alandele indlovukazi URanavalona II, ubabekazi wakhe. Njengezindlovukazi ezimbili ezedlule, URanavalona unikezwa emshadweni ohleliwe wezepolitiki no Imvulamvula ngubani, esikhundleni sakhe njengoNdunankulu, owengamele kakhulu ukuphatha kwansuku zonke kombuso futhi aphathe izindaba zawo zangaphandle. 

URanavalona imizamo yokugwema ukoloni ngokuqinisa ubudlelwano bezohwebo nezokuxhumana ne-United States neGreat Britain kukho konke ukubusa kwakhe. Ukuhlaselwa kweFrance emadolobheni asogwini olwandle kanye ukuhlaselwa kwenhlokodolobha i-Antananarivo kwagcina kuphumelele ukuthatha isigodlo sasebukhosini ngo-1895, kwaqeda ubukhosi nokuzimela kwezepolitiki kombuso owawusuneminyaka eyikhulu.

Ethunyelwe ekudingisweni ngenkani ngabaseFrance, wabulawa yimbumba e-Algiers ngo-1917 eneminyaka engama-55. Amathambo akhe aqala ukungcwatshwa e-Algiers abese ebuyiselwa emuva eminyakeni engu-21 e-Antananarivo, lapho afakwa khona ethuneni lendlovukazi. URasoherina e Rova de Manjakamiadana.